Every draft has numbers of players go unclaimed by NFL teams. That’s normal. But the 2014 draft was marked by some 98 underclassmen leaving school early for the draft and 36 of those players going undrafted. In the wake of the non-picks, the lingering question is why so many younger players jumped in the pool when the NFL did not consider them draft-ready, either developmentally or simply based on insufficient talent. “I don’t get it,” said ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. in a post-draft conference call. “They’re not getting good advice or they’re not listening to good advice. Something’s gone awry here.”.

DBS Writer

I'd like to see the NFL do something similar to the NBA, which would allow JR's to get an agent, visit a few teams to get an idea on if they think the kid is draftable, if he gets the, go back to school young man, then allow him to cut ties w/the agent and go back to school.

Yeah I don't see the harm in allowing guys to even go all the way to the draft whilst they stay in school. Or to take a semester off for pre-draft but then return for the next season of college football.

It's crazy that between the NCAA rules and the NFLPA rules on initial contracts and FA you have these guys making a super tough choice about what to do.

I guess they can now go back to college but they don't have a scholarship anymore!

SuperFanDBS Writer

I'm not so sure that they're not being given good advice as it is that they aren't taking the advice to heart. The NFL provides these guys with a pretty good idea of where they might rank and it use to be that unless they were destined to be a high pick they stayed in school. Apparently that's no longer the case.

Staff MemberSuperFan

Yeah I don't see the harm in allowing guys to even go all the way to the draft whilst they stay in school. Or to take a semester off for pre-draft but then return for the next season of college football.

It's crazy that between the NCAA rules and the NFLPA rules on initial contracts and FA you have these guys making a super tough choice about what to do.

I guess they can now go back to college but they don't have a scholarship anymore!

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Actually, if they were given a trainer for free, or accepted some free swag, they've violated the NCAA rules and will lose at least a game or two or eligibility all together.

I think the culprit here is the "new wave" of agents that don't really have any business being agents. We've all heard ads on the radio about becoming an agent at some nowhere school in only 6 months. Then the "graduates" go out and find some athlete to hitch themselves to and tell them they "are ready for the pros".

SuperFanDBS Writer

Actually, if they were given a trainer for free, or accepted some free swag, they've violated the NCAA rules and will lose at least a game or two or eligibility all together.

I think the culprit here is the "new wave" of agents that don't really have any business being agents. We've all heard ads on the radio about becoming an agent at some nowhere school in only 6 months. Then the "graduates" go out and find some athlete to hitch themselves to and tell them they "are ready for the pros".

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Yeah and the other 6 month program that I have a real problem with is Airline Mechanic! :4 6 218v[1]:

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